A highly prescriptive guide to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction by the internationally renowned founder and CEO of The Hills Treatment Center

Howard Samuels's arrest for drug possession at age seventeen made the front cover of the "New York Daily News" his father was a well-known politician, and he lived across the hall from Greta Garbo. His addiction would control his life for the next fifteen years. Clean and sober since 1984, Dr. Samuels is one of the leading drug and alcohol addiction experts in the world and runs the respected Hills Treatment Center in Los Angeles. In this dramatic book, Dr. Samuels shares the story of his own struggle with addiction and shows how he learned to follow the 12-step path to a happy and productive life. He gives hope, inspiration, and prescriptive advice for anyone looking to recover--or to help a loved one recover--from the grip of addiction.